Position skills

pjlowry61
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Position skills May 23, 2008 10:58:51 GMT

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Post by pjlowry61 on May 23, 2008 10:58:51 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am a d-coordinator in MN and am in the process of define all of the skills that need to be taught to our players at the d-line, linebacker, and secondary positions and then identifing specific drills we will use to teach these skills in a progressional manner. Any imput from someone that has done anything similiar or has insight on the matter would be appreciated.

By the way we are a base 4-3 team that will shift the alignment of the lbs and ss into a 4-2-5 or an under look.

Thanks

Paul Lowry

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Position skills May 23, 2008 12:13:47 GMT

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Post by jrkelly on May 23, 2008 12:13:47 GMT

Paul,

Where do you coach? As far as skills...There are a few things that will depend. Are you a down hill, pin-your-ears-back-and-go Style of defense, or are you a strict gap control read and react type? Are you mainly a zone coverage or do you run alot of press man as well? Do your D-linemen have to deal with alot of trapping and option, or are you dealing with mostly zone and passing? There are specific techniques that apply to all of these. Now, in general, I work my D-backs to be able to move thier hips, break on the ball, deal with stalk blocking, and obviously tackling. LB's need to know their read and their specific responsibilities. They need to be able to take on a lead blocker squarely and stuff a hole, they need to be able to flow and spill through to fill cutback lanes. DL's, I work on the explosion and the strike off the snap. Their hand placement is essential. They need to know their gap, hold thier ground and influence the OL from there. Fundamentals are fundamentals, for the most part, but your techniqe and methods are going to depend on your defensive philosophies.

Ryan Kelly
Offensive Coordinator
Austin High School
Austin, MN

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pjlowry61
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Position skills May 23, 2008 14:05:20 GMT

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Post by pjlowry61 on May 23, 2008 14:05:20 GMT

JrKelly,

Thanks for the input. To answer a few of your questions I coach at Lac qui Parle Valley High School. It is a small school in western Minnesota. As for the defense we operate off of a one gap system. We blitz or run some sort of line stunt about 40% of the time. As far as coverage we are in a cover 2 man or cover 1 most of the time. I would like to use more zone coverage but have felt that this is something we are as a team deficient at. I have an idea of what I want my guys to know and be able to do. My biggest questions are in the secondary in terms of what is viewed as essential skills for coverage in both zone and man, as well as what are some of the drills guys are using to develop those skills. What I have down so far is as follows

DL- Agility, tackling, first stirke or hit technique, and reaction to: double team, down block, reach block, combo, pass set, and cut block.

Lb- Agility, tackling, read step, taking on a block(including pass rush move), flow and fill to appropriate reads from guards and backs, pass drops, breaking on ball, and man to man coverage.

Secondary- Agility, tackling, taking on stalk block, appropriate read and react to run/pass, run support, pass drops, breaking on ball, and man to man coverage.

If you have any insight as to how to break this down any specific teaching progression it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the input

Paul Lowry

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